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Video: Mexico earthquake: Lights seen in sky during tremor near Acapulco [01:05]
bbc.com

‘I was sliding towards the drop and couldn’t stop’ – the writer who fell from a mountain
theguardian.com

The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once
theatlantic.com

Zero-emission freight ship uses swappable containers as its batteries
newatlas.com

The Code That Controls Your Money
wealthsimple.com

‘I don’t care’: text shows modern poetry began much earlier than believed
theguardian.com

3D Printing Helps Ultracold Quantum Experiments Go Small
wired.com • (see also)

One Lab’s Quest to Build Space-Time Out of Quantum Particles
quantamagazine.org

A Huge, Unknown Cambrian Bug Fossil Has Been Found in The Eerie Burgess Shale
sciencealert.com

Will we ever get a clear idea about what foods we should eat?
aeon.co

The Air Force Is (Almost) Ready to Unveil Its Secret New Space Weapon
popularmechanics.com

Video: How to Pull Off a Bank Heist [7:59]
youtube.com

Wildfire burn scars can intensify and even trigger thunderstorms, leading to catastrophic flooding
theconversation.com

Inside Skunk Works, Lockheed’s super-secret weapons facility
politico.com

White dwarfs slow aging by burning hydrogen on their surface
techexplorist.com

The worldview-changing drugs poised to go mainstream
bbc.com

Did the First Americans Arrive by Land or by Sea?
theatlantic.com

One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia
wired.com

Worms found to share “memories” by swapping RNA to warn of danger
newatlas.com

The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship
theguardian.com

Novel Metal Discovered Where Electrons Flow in the Same Way Water Flows in a Pipe
scitechdaily.com

Scientists say a telescope on the Moon could advance physics — and they’re hoping to build one
salon.com • (see also)

Genetic dark matter may drive the evolution of new species
livescience.com

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
mars.nasa.gov

On this day in 1934, a fire started aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle. But that was far from the end of the story.
damninteresting.com

Video: What Is Mold and Why Does It Love Bread? [9:14]
youtube.com

After six months on Mars, NASA’s tiny copter is still flying high
phys.org

The Engineered Student: On B. F. Skinner’s Teaching Machine
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Journey to the Most Inhospitable Place on Earth: The Skeleton Coast
messynessychic.com

The Ancient Art of Tattooing
discovermagazine.com

How aircraft conquered Antarctica
bbc.com

Can America’s Fastest Supercomputer Defeat Covid for Good?
popularmechanics.com

Your Next Car May Be Built With Ocean Rocks. Scientists Can’t Agree If That’s Good
npr.org

Listen to an Australian duck say ‘you bloody fool’ like a human
newscientist.com

Israeli conjoined twins see each other for first time after surgery
bbc.com

Birds Can Hear Tsunamis Way Before They Hit
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The New Science of Clocks Prompts Questions About the Nature of Time
quantamagazine.org

Why is the color blue so rare in nature?
livescience.com

On this day in 2005, Damn Interesting sprang into existence
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1943 the “Skyhook” surface-to-air recovery system was first tested on a human subject
damninteresting.com

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War
crimereads.com

The Parisian Poison Panic and Versailles’ Secret Witch Hunt
messynessychic.com • (see also)

How Did Smallpox Anti-Vaxxers Compare to Those Today?
discovermagazine.com

Humans could develop a new echolocation sense, scientists say
popularmechanics.com

Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
nytimes.com

Democracy Is Losing Its Race With Disruption
theatlantic.com

The Ugly History of Chicago’s “Ugly Law”
daily.jstor.org

China launches 4 satellites on 2 rockets within hours of each other
space.com

Space Solar Power: An Extraterrestrial Energy Resource for the U.S.
innovationfrontier.org • (see also)

Billionaire Investor Who Predicted the 2008 Housing Crash Says Crypto Is a ‘Worthless’ Bubble
gizmodo.com

How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?
quantamagazine.org

Parasite Black Hole Eats Gigantic Star from Inside Out
futurism.com

The unlikely protector against Bangladesh’s rising seas
bbc.com

Thousands of kilometres from anywhere lies Point Nemo, a watery grave where space stations go to die
theguardian.com

Biologists Unlock the Secrets of ‘Invisible’ Animals
wired.com

Holding stellar nurseries in your hands
phys.org

Is dark matter made of ‘Fermi balls’ forged in the Big Bang?
livescience.com

Experience: ‘I found the largest truffle in the world’
theguardian.com

Engineers Bent the Rules, and May Have Saved New Orleans
time.com

‘It’s exactly like a puzzle’: experts on piecing together Roman fresco find
theguardian.com